so you have 1 consistent starter in biscuits and then pedro, and a 3rd stringer AM. those are theo nly guys promoted from their academy while he was in charge of barca. i think he can get by without one elsewhere

quote:You are assuming Pep would carry his exact system from Spain to England, which he probably wouldn't. It doesn't have to immediately be a pure possession system.

i dunno. if his history at barca is any indicator, he wants to put his system in place early, and star power from the previous regime has no bearing on this. maybe he'll handle it differently

If Pep wanted to just run his normal system, he would go coach Bayern. Great holding mid (Schweiny), defensive mid who is a very smart player and good passer (Javi Martinez) dynamic wingers (Ribery, Muller, Shaqiri, sometimes Robben), slick passer who's dangerous with both feet in attack (Kroos). That's not to mention Gustavo who is a midfield destroyer, Gomez who's a poache and, Mandzukic who is an underrated all-around striker. They also have a stacked academy to call upon.

The fact that he's looking to go to the EPL makes me think he wants to prove that he's dynamic.

re: Guardiola would snub City in favour of United(Posted by LSUSOBEAST1 on 12/30/12 at 3:51 pm to SlowFlowPro)

quote:and done at a high level, as liverpool's example has also shown us

I hope you're joking. Our problems haven't been the system. We're running a legitimate possession system with mostly slightly above average players, a single scorer, the youngest squad in the league and an inexperienced manager. All done with a smidgeon of the resources United have.